#FAE96F#FAE96F

#FAE96F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.797; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.143 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE96F
RGB	rgb(250, 233, 111)
HSL	hsl(53, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(53, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 55.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.57, -9.08, 60.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.57, 61.02, 98.56°)
OKLab	oklab(92.42% -0.0285 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(92.42% 0.143 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(71.4349, 79.7522, 26.6667)
Luminance	0.7975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE96F #6F80FA

analogous

#FAA36F #FAE96F #C5FA6F

triadic

#FAE96F #6FFAE9 #E96FFA

tetradic

#FAE96F #6FFAA3 #6F80FA #FA6FC5

square

#FAE96F #6FFAA3 #6F80FA #FA6FC5

split-complementary

#FAE96F #6FC5FA #A36FFA

monochromatic

#E7CB08 #F8E034 #FAE96F #FCF2AA #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#FAE96F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.95

#FAE96F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE96F

16.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE96F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE96F	1.00	1.24	16.95	16.95
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE363

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae96f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 233, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.143 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffef9c',
    500: '#fae96f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae96f;
$custom-light: #ffef9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae96f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.662,
    "s": 93.289,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92424,
    "c": 0.14333,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.7975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE96F

secondary

#384BD5

accent

#1CE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE96F

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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